Punch reports Josephine Ugwu, the airport cleaner who returned a passenger’s luggage containing local and foreign currencies to the tune of N12m has been rewarded with a N7,200 salary increment.
Ugwu, who works for Patovilki Cleaning Services, a concessionaire engaged by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria to keep the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos clean, was on a monthly salary of N7,800 before the incident.
The National Diploma graduate of Our Saviour Institute of Science, Agriculture and Technology, Enugu, now enjoys a N7,200 salary increment, bringing her new salary to N15,000 even thought it is still way below the national minimum wage of N18,000 and below $100 per month.
What do you think? Was a 92% increase in her salary great reward? Will this increase motivate more people to return lost money when found?
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This goes to show that there are still honest people in our mist. Her great reward is in Heaven and not the 92% increase.
It is indeed vey discouraging and frustarting for the type of compensation given to the lady. How far will N15,000 go in the period of economic downturn
i advise thatshe should be given gainful employment in another organisation since she has National Diploma .
The message to others including herself is that honesty does not pay in Nigeria.In her inner self she will be regretting her action in returning the money.
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